Government Access to Stored Communications Content

• For opened e-mail (or other stored files), government may send provider a subpoena and notify subscriber in advance [18 U.S.C. § 2703(b)]

  • government may delay notice 90 days in certain cases (§ 2705(a))
  • no notice to subscriber required if not a provider to the public

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